Graniet Films.

The Brothers Grimm' meets David Lynch in international award-winning director Alex van Warmerdam's twisted and darkly comic fairy tale that transports viewers from bleak, snow-frosted woods to a windswept ghost town.

"Loosely adapted from the short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky, the film concerns the 'gentle creature' of the title, played by Vasilina Makovtseva. A parcel sent to her imprisoned husband is returned undelivered, prompting her to travel from her rural home to the remote region of Siberia where he is being held in the hope of an explanation. But this seemingly simple task becomes an infinitely difficult challenge taking on Kafkaesque proportions."--Container....